Improvement in photograph-cabinets



H.. E. RILE.

PHOTOGRAPH CABINET.

Patented Nanas, 187e.

Zizyeizf NPETERS. PNOTO-LITHOGRAPNER,l WASHINGTON. D. C.

UrrEEST-A'I'Es PATENT OFFICE. l

. A HENRY E. RILE, 0E NEW YORK, N. Y. [all IMPROVEMENT IN PHOTOGRAPH-CABINETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 184,728, dated November 2B, 1876; application filed october 11,1876. Y

To all whom it may concern Be it `known that I, HENRY E. RILE, of New York city, N eW York, have invented an Improved Stationary Photograph Cabinet or Holder, of Which the following is a specificathereof; Fig. 5, atransverse section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts in all the figures.

This invention has for its object to produce a stationary and durable apparatus for the display of Aone or more photographic or other pictures, in lieu of the perishable albums now usually employed in private houses; and it consists in the use of a hollow stand, provided at one or 'more sides With panes of glass, through Which the pictures can be observed, and with a -lid or gate, through which the pictures can be inserted and removed, and With suitable looking devices for holding the displayed pictures properly against the panes of glass.

rlhe letter A in the drawing represents a box of wood or other -suitable material of proper height, Width, and length, provided at 011e or more sides With panes of glass a b at the top, or at one of' the ends with a lid or gate, d, which is removable or movable, and on the inner side with a latch 'or lock, Ae, near the pane a, and with another latch or lock, f, near the pane b, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2. The hollow stand-thus produced can be filled with photographic or other picture's, one or more of Which-to Wit, those adjoining the panes a b-being displayed through said panes, While the others are concealed and protected by the lid d from injury, yet accessible and ready to be inspected Whenever desired.

able box, B, as in Figs. l and 2, which, WhenI used, contains the catches e f, andA which,

when the concealed pictures are to be iny spected, can be bodily withdrawn from Within the box. Those sides of the box B Which adjoin the pane or panes of glass in the box A are, of course, made With large openings, so that the pictures ,held by the latch or latches can be seen through said pane or panes. When the size of the pictures lis such that the box B may be dispensed with, as in Figs. 4 and 5, the catches cf, or either of them, are applied directly to the box A.

The picture-holder thus constructed Will constitute a handsome parlor ornament, will protect the pictures from injury, and yet allow them to be properly inspected, and possesses the additional advantage over the ordinary album, that it continuously displays one or more favorite pictures, andv permits their inspection in the same manner as a suspended picture-frame-that is to say, Without requiring the opening-of the picture-holder.

I claim as my invention- A photograph-cabinet made With parallel front and back,\and combined With the catch e, which is placed directly beneath the removable cover d, all arranged so that the apparatus Will display one or tWo pictures, and retain another series of pictures concealed behind the pictures displayed, substantially as specified.

HENRY E. BILE.

Witnesses:

ERNEs'r C. WEBB, JAMES TURK. 

